Hi there! I'm the Education Program Leader at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies based in Millbrook, NY. Our educational programming reaches k-12 audiences, but we work primarily with middle and high school students. My main interest in data literacy at work is with our spring Hudson Data Jam competition, where middle and high school students communicate data trends through art. However, we also emphasize data literacy through our school programming as well as our high school summer field research program (MH-YES). As part of this group, I hope to learn more about interesting and fun ways for students to engage with data.

Hello all. I am Heidi Maloy and I teach advanced environmental science and advanced environmental policy at Cary Academy in Cary, North Carolina. My interest in joining was to talk about large data sets and ways in which student's can find patterns in their data. We have been playing with tinkerplots some and excel to draw out patterns, but I am so open to other suggestions.
The use of art to show trends is used extensively in our Stats classes here and is so cool. I love that your program, Ashley, is also doing that.

Good morning! I am a new Instructional Coach in a STEMM building and I am hoping to gain more experiences and resources to support my teachers in grades K-8. I am new to the building, and there seems to be a deficit in graphing skills and data literacy. Open to any suggestions on how I can support my colleagues!

Hello all, I've recently started a new position as the Environmental Education Coordinator for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). We're the regulatory environmental agency in the state, and I'm interested in learning about creative and effective ways to share the data we gather in terms of monitoring, reporting, etc. to the public. I have a specific question I'm going to post as a separate thread :)